“He was murdered last night and I’m getting first shot at all of his cases. I had wanted to tell her the news in person but things were moving too quickly for that. I couldn’t remember if they had ever met in person. It was she who would take his calls when he was checking to see if I could stand in on a sentence or baby-sit a client through an arraignment. Lorna knew Jerry Vincent as a voice on the phone. But I wish you would tell me what this is all about.” “Well, I have no problem working with Cisco. Last I heard, they were now living together. I was the one who had introduced them when I had used him on a case. Cisco was Dennis Wojciechowski, her significant other as of the last year. There was a hesitation before she answered. When she didn’t answer I called her cell and caught her in her car. I was in my Lincoln driving toward Jerry Vincent’s office when I thought of something and called Lorna Taylor back. To be the truth in a place where everybody lies. You then use that blade to rip the case open and spill its guts out on the floor. But for the one you can grab onto and forge like hot iron into a sharpened blade. The trick if you are sitting at the defense table is to be patient. They take their seats in the box and agree to be lied to. They come into the building knowing they will be lied to. And everybody in the courtroom knows this. The victims lie.Ī trial is a contest of lies. Home » The Brass Verdict (2008) » The Brass Verdict ExcerptĬops lie.
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